Projectiles - favorites??

So, my 6.5prc was shooting 143g eldx and rl26 powder, after the new barrell , this load doesn't work well.
I'll now need to re develop a load,
I have
143g eldx 6.5mm
150g berger eol 6.5mm

And happy to develop a load with these, but wondering if anyone has any other thoughts on a good projectile to try out.

My 6.5saum shoots the berger 150g great, so I don't mind using them to load develop the prc. My saum also shoots rl26. So sticking with that powder, or rl17 would be beneficial as I also use rl17 in my 7mmsaum.

Speer?
Nosler?

Anything else I should try?

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Originally Posted by Larskramer

So, my 6.5prc was shooting 143g eldx and rl26 powder, after the new barrell , this load doesn't work well.
I'll now need to re develop a load,
I have
143g eldx 6.5mm
150g berger eol 6.5mm

And happy to develop a load with these, but wondering if anyone has any other thoughts on a good projectile to try out.

My 6.5saum shoots the berger 150g great, so I don't mind using them to load develop the prc. My saum also shoots rl26. So sticking with that powder, or rl17 would be beneficial as I also use rl17 in my 7mmsaum.

Speer?
Nosler?

Anything else I should try?

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Nosler 142 LRAB

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depends ENTIRELY on what you want projectile to do.....slay dinasaurs/big deer/small deer ,goats....or punch tiny wee tight groups in paper at long range....or bush hunting where 95% of shots are sub hundy and terminal preformance is king....

Unless you have lots of the eldx I would develop a load in a projectile that I can get plenty of.
6.5 eldx and eldm are pretty much sold out everywhere.
See what you can actually get ahold of a decent amount of then go from there.

Yeah, well I'm still semi grouping with the old.load, so have a box of 100 eldx still, ill be using it for mainly long.range shooting as it is in a heavy as chassis rig... not too heavy, but heavy enough that I wouldn't want to carrying through the bush. 300-700m shots on sika, possibly when I get to hunt chamios and tahr one day...

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Originally Posted by Larskramer

Yeah, well I'm still semi grouping with the old.load, so have a box of 100 eldx still, ill be using it for mainly long.range shooting as it is in a heavy as chassis rig... not too heavy, but heavy enough that I wouldn't want to carrying through the bush. 300-700m shots on sika, possibly when I get to hunt chamios and tahr one day...

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You may just have to tune seating depth to get it to shoot.

I tried that, from 10 though off, to.20 to 30, to 50... and it wasn't doing any better

Well you will have no trouble selling them on here......any bets how long it takes?

I see the box on trademe atm at 220.... lol

You would have to be pretty desperate.

It wouldn't be worth it to sell them, and I couldn't take double the money they are worth lol. I'd feel too guilty. I'm asking this post, as I was all about eldx until the last 2 rifles I brought have been developed using berger classics, and berger eol. Was looking at berger vld also.

Those are some nice calibers you are shooting a. could try some 130 tmks or something similar. they would be ok for sika. Some may disagree. You could try some bigger jumps. I see those 143 eldxs at those prices and i just shake my head. i used to shoot them i have given up on the hornadys. The bergers seem to be really good in some sizes it seems by reputation. i am only using the 215 in my 30 nosler.

Thanks Tim, I'm contemplating changing everything to bergers as they are going great... maybe some berger vld if they are going to be more readily available. And I wouldn't mind upping the weight in my 7mm saum also.

Yeah i hear you it is very frustrating. We are a flea on the big dog of America. We are very much non existent as a market share. There are some retailers here that look after us and others that dont..... berger seem to be expensive because of there uniformity and that's why a lot of fclass guys use them. I think the price on the bergers is a bit of a positive as they put of buyers haha. The 7saum is an awesome caliber i will eventfully rebarrel one of my rifles to one. The 162 is good but maybe a 180 class if you can push it at the right speed. What brass are you using in the 7 saum?

Adg brass, rl17 powder. It groups great, but a bit of inconsistent speeds. Ranging from 2817 upto 2919 fps with the same charge....

yeah thats not ideal on the speeds a. im sure you will be working on it. I get frustrated at times with mean groups and speed variation . i was doing some loads on my 260 rem. had a consistant 1/4 inch with es around 30. then had 3/4 inch groups doing es of 7 with 5 shots on both. if i had a range on my door step it would not be a pain. but thats a work in progress as well as the load.

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Originally Posted by Larskramer

Adg brass, rl17 powder. It groups great, but a bit of inconsistent speeds. Ranging from 2817 upto 2919 fps with the same charge....

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Wow thats a massive spread! What are you using to measure your speeds?

Magnetospeedv3 - jaco goosen was the one to check the speeds last for me. Jaco, can you possibly verify the speeds? I might of been a bit high and low. But yeah... defiantly inconsistent. The load was "developed" by the guy I purchased the rifle off. He said, it's was the first load he tried and grouped well out to 500 so he left it as is.

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Originally Posted by Larskramer

Magnetospeedv3 - jaco goosen was the one to check the speeds last for me. Jaco, can you possibly verify the speeds? I might of been a bit high and low. But yeah... defiantly inconsistent. The load was "developed" by the guy I purchased the rifle off. He said, it's was the first load he tried and grouped well out to 500 so he left it as is.

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Well that should be reasonably accurate....reason I asked is optical chronys like my shooting chrony can be affected by lighting conditions....I have had mine change nearly 100fps with going from bright sun to a black cloud passing over.

@Larskramer what about the newish 144 hybrid from Berger?

A number of guys I know shot the 140 berger and are happy with it

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Originally Posted by Larskramer

I tried that, from 10 though off, to.20 to 30, to 50... and it wasn't doing any better

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Try jumping them, you have nothing to lose and might be pleasantly surprised. Euro target-shooters start them anywhere from 1.5mm off the lands, progressing as you normally would

You need to allow .05" jump to get those 143gn to really shine. Just my opinion. But its actually been the subject of some interesting tests.

Some other things to try before you abandon that load. Get your brass induction annealed. Try both mag and LR primers. Maybe even check the runout on the finished ammo. The load you're trying is exactly what i wanted to try in my swede but i could never get either of those components.

Probably need to figure out why that load shot so well in the old barrel so that you can tweak it accordingly. How did you develop it? Loaded some different charge weights and shot some groups? New barrel probably won't like the same charge weight. Nailed the seating depth last time? New chamber might like the bullet closer or further away. No need to write off those components yet.